International Journal of Public Health Blog
As a social media junkie enthusiast, “taking a break from social media” is not an expression I ever imagined using for myself! No, I’m not fired (phew) nor am I taking a social media free...
We are cetainly not the first ones to have asked this question! But we think we might be the first ones who tried to answer it using a randomised study design! We like Social Media...
If you are active on social media, you most have most likely seen some pictures portraying the (allegedly) best job in the world as a professional panda hugger! I might not hug pandas...
This is a guest post and cross-posting with The Challenges of Parenting in the Digital Age blog and is written by Vigne Kozacek (@vkozacek) and Gary Sharpe (@DrGarySharpe) * ************************************************************************************************ In today’s online...
Time flies! You can tell that by looking at old pictures. I avoid doing that, so I prefer looking at my old blog posts. It has been almost one year since I last blogged...
A while ago, we asked on Twitter whether people used Social Media for Public Health teaching. We received some interesting answers (which led to this post), amongst which was...
I love social media. I love to use it both personally and professionally (and I am keeping the two separate). I have also been known to bug my work colleagues and professors to start...
Here at the International Journal of Public Health we are interested in following the latest developments in technology as related to Public Health (and we have a facebook and twitter account to prove it!)....
After our first and second Blogrolls, we thought it’s about time we had a third one, albeit short! So here it goes: – As most of you are probably already aware of, PLOS has...
After two very interesting interviews with Kishan Karripannon and Tamara Bugembe, we continue our series of Meet the Blogger* with a guest blog post of blogger Marie Ennis-O’Connor. Marie Ennis-O’Connor is a board member of...
After successfully initiating the Meet the Blogger* section of our Blog with an interview with Kishan Karripannon, it is now time to meet another public health blogger, Dr. Tamara Bugembe and learn from her...
Today we are introducing a new section in the blog called “Meet the Blogger”. In this section, invited Public Health bloggers will be contributing posts about their own research and/ or their experience on...
A few weeks ago, we had discussed whether about mobile applications used in public health. Today, I would like to share with you yet another very interesting use of mobile applications, which I found...
About a month ago, we dedicated a blog post to our favourite Public Health blogs. This blog post came with the promise to be updated soon! So, after some easter holidays, here are some...
We have already talked about social media in Public Health. Now it is time to see the newest ways to access Public Health related information using platforms other than our computers. The rise of...
Every blogger or blog follower has a ritual of always checking a few blogs no matter what! Some people prefer to do it via a feed reader but I am doing it the old-fashioned...
